Malvaceae
Ayenia

Ayenia catalpifolia (Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng

First published in Global Fl. 4: 135 (2018)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America, Tropical Africa. It is a liana and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a poison and a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Sudan, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Venezuela, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Marquesas, Society Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha (2000). Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 85: 1-246.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Ibarra-Manríquez, G. & al. (2015). Lianas of Mexico. Botanical Sciences 93: 365-417.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sagot, P. [s.n.], French Guiana Byttneria catalpifolia K000381176 isotype Yes
Hinton, G.B. [11362], Mexico Byttneria catalpifolia K000661215 No
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [4954], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213708 Yes
Burchell, W.J. [5002], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213695 Yes
Ule, E. [9603], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213703 Yes
Cid Ferreira, C.A. [4684], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213709 Yes
Claussen, P. [s.n.], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213696 Yes
Regnell, A.F. [III/1544], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213693 Yes
Weir, J. [191], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213704 Yes
Prance, G.T. [12371], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213706 Yes
Claussen, P. [s.n.], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213692 Yes
s.coll. [912], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213701 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [15451], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213698 Yes
Martius [94], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213697 Yes
Riedel [98], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213700 Yes
Prance, G.T. [12371], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213710 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213702 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [10322], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213694 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [11590], Mexico Byttneria catalpifolia K000661216 No
Lindeman, J.C. [4255], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213705 Yes
Langlassé, E. [384], Mexico Byttneria catalpifolia K000661217 No
Mori, S.A. [11561], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213707 Yes
Moricand [2386], Brazil Byttneria catalpifolia K001213699 Yes
Peru. Ecuador Byttneria catalpifolia K001485560 Yes
Peru. Ecuador Byttneria catalpifolia K001485561 Yes
Peru. Ecuador Byttneria catalpifolia K001485562 Yes
Peru. Ecuador Byttneria catalpifolia K001485563 Yes
Peru. Ecuador Byttneria catalpifolia K001485564 Yes
Peru. Ecuador Byttneria catalpifolia K001485566 Yes
Peru. Ecuador Byttneria catalpifolia K001485567 Yes
Peru. Ecuador Byttneria catalpifolia K001485568 Yes
Peru. Ecuador Byttneria catalpifolia K001485569 Yes
Peru. Ecuador Byttneria catalpifolia K001485570 Yes
Venezuela Byttneria catalpifolia K001485571 Yes
Venezuela Byttneria catalpifolia K001485572 Yes
Venezuela Byttneria catalpifolia K001485573 Yes
Venezuela Byttneria catalpifolia K001485574 Yes
Venezuela Byttneria catalpifolia K001485575 Yes
Venezuela Byttneria catalpifolia K001485576 Yes

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0